Torcross, Devon Weather
About Torcross, Devon
Torcross balances precariously on a thin strip of land, caught between the restless grey pulse of the English Channel and the quiet, reed-fringed waters of Slapton Ley. It lies 5.4 miles east-north-east of Salcombe (from Salcombe: bearing 69°T, OS grid SX 822 419), and is situated north-north-east of Beesands village. The geography here is defined by this fragile geography, where the road acts as a causeway separating the freshwater lake from the salt-sprayed shingle of Torcross Beach. During the Second World War, the shoreline became an abrupt theatre of history when the area was evacuated for D-Day landing rehearsals, leaving behind a silence that still clings to the nearby dunes. Today, the salt-thickened air tastes of brine and old iron, while the light shifts with a metallic intensity across the horizon. Beyond the immediate coast, the land rises into the green, sheltered folds of the South Hams, where the earth feels heavy with the memory of ancient ploughs. A solitary Sherman tank sits as a rusted memorial, a dark anchor for a coast that prefers to bury its secrets under the rhythmic grinding of pebbles. Torcross remains a place where the boundary between land and water feels less like a fixed line and more like a fluid, ongoing negotiation.
Flight conditions near Torcross. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Torcross and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Torcross, Devon Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Torcross, Devon, England, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, real-time aviation weather (METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport), precipitation radar and Meteosat satellite imagery. Public safety alerts are sourced from the Met Office National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS), covering wind, rain, snow, ice, fog, thunderstorm and extreme heat warnings. Coastal tide gauge readings are sourced from the Environment Agency National Tide Gauge Network in near real-time (15-minute updates), with marine wave and sea surface temperature data from the Open-Meteo Marine API. Soil temperature, soil moisture and evapotranspiration data are provided for agricultural planning in this village. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Torcross includes coordinates 50.265757, -3.653944, in the county of Devon, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Torcross is available on the Torcross map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Devon weather hub.
Weather data is sourced from the Met Office and the open-source Open-Meteo API, whose ensemble includes the Met Office UKMO model. Severe weather warnings come from the Met Office National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS). River level and tidal data are sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring and National Tide Gauge Network APIs. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov, with a modelled estimate shown where no reporting station is in range. Radar is provided by RainViewer and satellite imagery by EUMETSAT. All data updates automatically on every page visit.